Letter: To Marion Scott

Discusses music composed by Ivor Gurney / verses by Scott / requests a parcel containing matches / Mark Twain / Scott's health / being in front-line trenches in a 'soft' sector / the weather and landscape / enjoying work as a signaller / news of Russia and the war's near end? / being cold / naval news / requests books to exchange / the possibility of Scott sending a parcel / itemizes reactions to the war and experience in the army / creates a musical score to mimic sound of a shell / discusses his book ('Severn and Somme') and poems / thanks Scott for having sent a copy of the 'Times Literary Supplement' / describes the site of an airplane flying over the trenches.